On Davidson

By far the best introduction to Davidson's philosophy. It is amazing that Wheeler could pack, in less than 100 pages, both a description and a justification of so much of Davidson's life's work. One of the things which makes Davidson's work hard to understand is that many of his theses are so bizzare and counterintuative. Here is where Wheeler's book shines--instead of just enumerating bizzare thesis after bizzare thesis, he makes a habit of stating a bizzare thesis and then ALSO stating a very cogent reason why we should believe it. These reasons are so carefully crafted and articulated that it really aids in understanding.